κωλοβαθριστής
ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow
English (LSJ)
κωλοβαθριστοῦ, ὁ, one that goes on stilts, stiltwalker, Hsch. s.v. καδαλίων.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1542] ὁ, Einer der auf Stelzen geht, Hesych. v. καδαλίων.
Wikipedia EN
Archaeological ruins and texts show that stiltwalking was practised in ancient Greece as far back as the 6th century BCE. The ancient Greek word for a stilt walker was κωλοβαθριστής (kōlobathristēs), from κωλόβαθρον (kōlobathron), "stilt", a compound of κῶλον (kōlon), "limb" and βάθρον (bathron), "base, pedestal".
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κωλοβαθριστής: -οῦ, ὁ, ὁ περιπατῶν μὲ «ξυλοπόδαρα» ἢ ἐπὶ ξύλων, Ἡσύχ. ἐν λέξ. καδαλίων· ἐκ τοῦ κωλόβαθρον, τό, ξύλινον βάραθρον, ὡς τὸ καλόβαθρον, Ἀρτεμ. 3. 15.
Greek Monolingual
κωλοβαθριστής, ὁ (Α)
αυτός που περπατά με ξυλοπόδαρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κωλόβαθρον, κατά τα ονόματα σε -ιστής, ή μέσω ενός αμάρτυρου κωλοβαθρίζω].
Translations
stiltwalker
Dutch: steltloper, steltenloper; English: stilt walker, stiltwalker, stilt-walker; Finnish: puujaloilla kävelijä; French: échassier; German: Stelzengänger, Stelzengängerin; Greek: ξυλοπόδαρος; Ancient Greek: καδαλίων, κωλοβαθριστής; Italian: trampoliere; Latin: grallator; Polish: szczudlarz, szczudlarka; Russian: ходулист, ходулистка; Swedish: styltgångare; Yoruba: alágèéré